Project crashed while saving, can't open again [SOLVED]

[Perec]

On Windows at least, the name of the AUP file and _data folder are a mass of strange symbols. However the project does open and correctly display the audio data listed in the AUP file (107378688 samples, or just over 40 minutes of stereo audio, so not over an hour as you said).
Gale

It's because the title of the project was written in the Cyrillic alphabet
40 minutes - I guess it's what's left after I deleted some parts and tried to save it.

There are 358 "orphan block files" which are in the _data folder but not listed in the AUP file, which will be about another 18 minutes of audio. Those orphans will be listed at Help > Show Log... if and when you can open the project. It is possible to rename and recover orphan block files manually if they are actually part of a continuous recorded sequence that was never edited, not otherwise.

Got it.

This does not explain why Audacity on your machine crashes when opening the project but did not do so first time after the crash. Perhaps before reopening the project you could try resetting preferences. Do this by quitting Audacity, opening Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder and type:

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 ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/ 

In the "audacity" folder, delete the file "audacity.cfg".

I really don't know what was wrong with the outdated version of Audacity I've been using, but I've just downloaded the latest one and with it I was able to open the project. Thank you for your help and for your time, Gale!